The Federal Communications Commission looks to be continuing its support of future-looking telecommunication technologies – including wireless – announcing this week the formation of an agency-wide “Technology Transitions Policy Task Force” that according to FCC Commissioner Julius Genachowski, “will play a critical role in...
The need for adequate and reliable in-building communication has gained recognition across the nation in recent years. Mobile phones are an extension of the work day now and need to be accessible at all times. This often calls for more detailed, defined coverage within...
The small cell market continues to outgrow its “small” nature with continued development across the space. The latest development is an agreement between two factions of the space: traditional small cells and Wi-Fi.
The Wireless Broadband Alliance, which is one of many industry associations focused...
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Mobile broadband is still a growing market in Brazil, led by Vivo with its wide HSPA+...
RIO DE JANEIRO – The Latin America region is expected to grow from 130 million mobile broadband connections today to 300 million by 2015, according to GSMA Chairman Franco Bernarbè. During a speech at this week's Futurecom event, Bernarbè highlighted the importance of mobile...
Sprint Nextel expanded its support of mobile virtual network operators with the launch of its Mobile Broadband on Demand service that will allow partners to rent devices compatible with the carrier’s 3G and WiMAX-based networks to consumers. The carrier noted the offering is targeted...
Even as LTE deployments begin in earnest, Latin American and Caribbean wireless carriers continue to focus investments on the expansion and improvement of 3G networks. Wi-Fi, femtocells, microwaves and towers are expected to receive the largest share of telecom operators’ investment and effort.
Carriers' 3G...
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The Federal Communications Commission today announced plans to measure mobile broadband service performance in an attempt to provide consumers with information regarding wireless data speeds.
A meeting is scheduled to be held on Sept. 21 to discuss the new program. Wireless industry trade association CTIA...
The disruption that the advent of Skype caused to telecoms operators was initially viewed as a challenge to the fixed line market – to international calls from landlines.
Service providers have dramatically increased their investment in Wi-Fi, a trend we expect will continue for years to come. Dell’Oro Group predicts that by 2016, over nine million service provider Wi-Fi access points will be in operation,
The much-anticipated LTE spectrum auction in the United Kingdom is scheduled to begin this year, but there won't be any bidding until 2013. The United Kingdom's telecom regulating authority, Ofcom, announced the details of the plan today that aims to provide nearly the entire population...
T-Mobile USA is taking advantage of its international roots to launch international mobile broadband roaming services.
The plans provide 500 megabytes of non-throttled data access, and unlimited access at curtailed speeds, for $50 per month across 28 European countries. The carrier, which is owned by...
Leap Wireless is set to lose its COO at the end of the month, with the no-contract wireless operator stating it has no plans at the moment to replace the position.
The carrier noted in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that Raymond Ramon...
Mobile broadband demand will push mobile service revenue to U.S $976 billion by 2016, according to the market research firm Infonetics Research. Telecom operators in Latin America are expected to take in close to $150 billion from mobile voice, broadband and messaging services or...
Russian telecommunications giant Mobile TeleSystems said it was one of four companies to have been allocated spectrum licenses designed for the rollout of LTE services across the country.
MTS noted that The Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Communications, Information Technologies and Mass...
Regional operator C Spire Wireless announced new data plans focused on customers in need of mobile broadband access when outside of a Wi-Fi hot spot. The cellular component of the “Choice” data plans include pricing based on days of use and a separate price...
In a move bolstering the enhanced influence of wireless, regional carrier C Spire Wireless recently introduced a new offering targeting the waning wireline market, a move that analysts expect to continue.
Earlier this week, C Spire rolled out its Home Phone Connect offering that takes...
T-Mobile USA’s focus on the enterprise market grew some teeth today as the carrier introduced mobile broadband plans targeting that high-value segment. The plans are segments into those that either throttle data speeds when a user exceeds their allotted bucket, or customers can maintain...
June 20, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Huawei has joined Alcatel-Lucent in walking away from a BSNL contract bid that the Indian operator pegged at roughly $1 billion USD.
It was first reported yesterday that Alcatel-Lucent was walking away from the...
Yesterday Ericsson released its annual Traffic and Market report, which is based on the company's internal mobile traffic growth modeling exercises as well as data collected from external sources. Not surprisingly, Ericsson's report finds that mobile subscriptions, and thus, mobile traffic – particularly mobile...
Clearwire nabbed another wholesale partner announcing a deal to host Jolt Mobile’s prepaid wireless service. The current agreement calls for Jolt to add Clearwire’s WiMAX mobile broadband offering to its service structure. Financial terms of the deal were not released.
Clearwire’s current WiMAX network covers...
Last month, the Colombian operator Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB) added mobile voice to its data MVNO offer; now ETB is aiming to reach 1 million subscribers over the next five years from a total target market of 1.8 million fixed lines.
By launching mobile services, ETB expanded...
The Chilean government has released a telecommunications report showing that broadband penetration has tripled over the past two years. Internet connections reached 90% of the populated territory in Chile, rising from 7.4 million to 11 million Chileans connected to the Internet.
About 474,000 rural settlements now have...
